Tea Ceremony. Shozo Sato

      

      CAUTION: The projects in this book require boiling water and brewing hot tea, which can cause serious physical injury if handled improperly Children should be supervised carefully and provided with any assistance they need to insure their safety around hot water.

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sato, Shozo.

      Tea ceremony / Shozo Sato; assisted by Alice Ogura Sato;

       [illustrations by Masturah Jeffrey].—1st edition.

       p. cm. (Asian arts and crafts for creative kids)

       ISBN: 978-1-4629-0837-0 (ebook) 1. Japanese tea ceremony.

       I. Sato, Alice Ogura. II. Jeffrey,

       Masturah, ill. III. Title.

      GT2910.S3673 2004

       394.I'5—dc22 2004010253

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      contents

	acknowledgments	4
	preface	5
	introduction	7
	types of tea	10
	tea utensils	14
project 1:	setting up the tearoom	21
project 2:	starting the tea ceremony	29
project 3:	preparing the tea bowl and whisk	37
project 4:	making the tea	46
project 5:	completing the tea ceremony	51
	final words	60
	glossary	61
	tea equipment resources	64

      Acknowledgments

      Over the four-hundred-year history of the tea ceremony, hundreds of valuable books have been published. I consider myself merely an interpreter of this great practice of cha no yu and introducer to the Western world, especially to young people. In creating this book, I owe much to the following people: my teacher Kishimoto Kosen, who has been my mentor for over a half century; from Dai Nippon Chado Gakkai Headquarters in Tokyo, both Ehara Shou, for her scholarly guidance, and its president, Tanaka Seno, author of Tea Ceremony, a well-known book originally published by Kodahsha; Tanaka Misho of Chado Gakkai School, who is teaching the tea ceremony at the Kikuzawa Higashi Elementary School of Shika numa City, Tochigi prefecture; Anzai Chizuko of the Urasenke School, who teaches at Sanbonmatsu Elementary School of Hachioji in Tokyo; Professor Kimiko Gunji of the Japan House, University of Illinois, for photography; and the children. Photographs were taken by Shozo Sato at Zakyu, a center for Japanese arts in northern California.

      The simple enjoyment that can come from drinking a beverage is a pleasure that we often experience without much thought. We might remember a nice drink associated with a special situation, however. A warm cup of hot chocolate may be especially wonderful after coming inside from playing in the snow, and a cold glass of lemonade may be nice on a hot summer day. These occasions are even more enjoyable and memorable when the setting is comfortable and we are able to share the moment with someone special.

      In Japan, a special tradition was developed to create a calm and wonderful atmosphere for drinking tea. This tradition is called the tea ceremony. It is based not just on sharing a cup of tea with a friend, but on experiencing a special moment in a very relaxing